Is that why you imprison me?#7.12 sea monster … imprison me: “Sea monster” translates the Hebrew word “Tannin,” which was possibly a sea monster similar to Leviathan (3.8), Rahab (9.13), and Behemoth (40.15). According to 38.8-11, God makes the sea his prisoner by setting its boundaries.

13I go to bed, hoping for rest,

14but you torture me

with terrible dreams.

* 15I'd rather choke to death

than live in this body.

16Leave me alone and let me die;

my life has no meaning.#7.16 my life … meaning: Or “my life will soon be over.”